Jean Paul
Jean Paul
Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth21 March 1763
CountryGermany
philosophical science technology
Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.
mean men essence
What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward.
born dies meaningless
It is meaningless that we are born, it is meaningless that we die.
military philosophical numbers
Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.
sky silence solitude
He walked on in silence, the solitary sound of his footsteps echoing in his head, as in a deserted street, at dawn. His solitude was so complete, beneath a lovely sky as mellow and serene as a good conscience, amid that busy throng, that he was amazed at his own existence; he must be somebody else's nightmare, and whoever it was would certainly awaken soon.
giving up-to-you life-has-no-meaning
Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.
suicide ideas solitude
I felt myself in a solitude so frightful that I contemplated suicide. What held me back was the idea that no one, absolutely no one, would be moved by my death, that I would be even more alone in death than in life.
philosophical men choices
Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.
thinking ugh want
I am. I am, I exist, I think, therefore I am; I am because I think, why do I think? I don't want to think any more, I am because I think that I don't want to be, I think that I . . . because . . . ugh!
no-exit
You are -- your life, and nothing else.
life existentialism moments
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.
inspirational learning growth
We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
inspirational philosophical passion
We must act out passion before we can feel it.
inspirational attitude freedom
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.